Mandan

1. Where do the Mandan Indians live? (Tell geographic region by looking at a map.)
They lived along the Missouri River, and Knife Rivers and settled in North Dakota.
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/northamerica/mandan.html

2. How does the Mandan Indian nation organized? (government)
They share a single nation with the hidtasa and arikara.
http://www.bigorrin.org/mandan_kids.htm

3. What were Mandan homes like?
They were like lodges and teepees.
http://www.bigorrin.org/mandan_kids.htm

4.What was Mandan food like in the days before supermarkets?
Corn,beans,squash,sunflowers.
http://www.bigorrin.org/mandan_kids.htm

6. What were some Mandan weapons and artifacts?
Bows and arrows.
http://www.bigorrin.org/mandan_kids.htm

7. What was Mandan religion?
They had four souls.
http://www.bigorrin.org/mandan_kids.htm

8. What were some other interesting things about your tribe?
The virtually destroyed by Small Pox epidemics before 1796 and is chronicles in Henry and Schoolcraft.
http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bowen/mandans.html